Matthew 8:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

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  • Luke 9:59-62 : 59 Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me first go bid them farewell who are at my house. 62 And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
  • Hag 1:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say, 'The time has not come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built.'
  • Lev 21:11-12 : 11 Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
  • Num 6:6-7 : 6 All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
  • Deut 33:9-9 : 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.
  • 1 Kgs 19:20-21 : 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to you? 21 And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.

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    57And it happened, as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.

    58And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.

    59Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

    60Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.

    61And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me first go bid them farewell who are at my house.

    62And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 8:22-23
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    85%

    22But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

    23And when he entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

  • Matt 8:19-20
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    19And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.

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  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,

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    27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • John 21:19
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  • Gen 50:5
    71%

    5My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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  • Luke 14:18-20
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    19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them: I ask you to have me excused.

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    37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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    69%

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    22And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

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    33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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    69%

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    21Peter saw him and said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man?

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